Work on the merchant shipping is going really well. Tomorrow there will be screenshots of even more cargo ships; all the models more detailed than those that were used in the Merchant Fleet Mod betas. With the merchant fleet mod I focused on having a very wide variety of different models. Now my focus is on a small number of basic ship sizes (1,500 GRT, 3,500 GRT, 5,000 GRT, 10,000 GRT) with several different cranes, bridges, lifeboats, stacks, & other features. And if you're the kind of sadistic captain who loves blowing apart crates, blasting deck furniture, etc with the gun, eat your heart out.
Tomorrow I hope to refocus efforts on the U-Boats themselves and the crewmen. I just realized that a very simple way to alter the crew uniforms had been staring me in the face all along. Will give it a try & post the results!